Written by Richard Wesley and Poitier, the film was produced by First Artists and Melville Tucker. Uptown Saturday Night was an immediate success. Other cast member include Rosalind Cash, Calvin Lockhart, Lee Chamberlin and Lincoln Kilpatrick. Roscoe Lee Browne is a congressman and Paula Kelly is pretty much Paula Kelly, but they called her Leggy Peggy. Harold Nicholas of the dancing Nicholas brothers plays Little Seymour Pettigrew, a diminutive gangster with a bodyguard named Big Percy. Richard Pryor plays a con man who gets busted right after taking their money to crack the case. This film features some of black Hollywood’s most enduring legends. Unfortunately for Poitier his wallet wasn’t down his throat and it held the winning lottery ticket which he now has to get back, with the help of Cosby of course. Next thing they know robbers have everybody stripping naked and stealing everything not down their throats. Cosby is his wilder side-kick who talks him into going to Madam Zenobia’s nightclub. Poitier plays a straight arrow working man on a two week vacation. This outing also co-starred Harry Belafonte as Geechie Dan Beauford. ![]() A three films starred Poitier and Bill Cosby. ![]() ![]() ![]() in 1974.ĭirected by Sidney Poitier, this classic comedy is the first in a trilogy that included Let’s Do It Again(1975) and A Piece of The Action (1977). Uptown Saturday Night was released by Warner Bros.
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